The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
Terrible Earthquake in Southern
Europe.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND WIDESPREAD
DEsOLAT1ON IN ITALY.

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND WIDESPREAD
DEsOLAT1ON IN ITALY.
Two shocks of earthquake were felt at
Nice, Monte Carlo, NJ m %, Genoa, Paw a
and numerous other places in Italy and the
south of France, at six o'clock last week
Wednesday morning. The whole of the
italian Riviera was devastated Dispatches
from Rome give the following official list of
killed and wounded: Bajardo, 300 killed
and wounded; Diano Mariana, 80 killed
and injured; Bressano, 30 killed and 36 in
iured: Diano CASTILLO, 80 killed: Castelano,
80 killed and many injured 1t is estimated
that in the province of Porto Manuzie $40
persons were killed and 1876 injured in the
province of Genoa "a were killed and 81 in
jured; Bajardo and Diano Mariana were the
only places destroyed Cervo was only
partially damaged. The churches at Ba-
jardo, Castellano and Aurigo were thrown
down by the severity of the shock.
The earthquake was strongly felt out at
sea. OF Genoa it woke sailors from their
sleep. AT Turin portion of the ceiling of
Santa Teresa church fell upon the worship
ers, but none were killed. In many streets
traffic was stopped, as houses were rendered
liable to fall. AT Castellano a church col
lapsed, killing many persons. The trans
port "Rome" has left Genoa to take on
board 800 prisoners confined in the Oneglia
prison, which is expected to collapse.
Parties of soldiers have been sent to the vii
burying the dead. King Humbert desired
to proceed to Genoa, but was dissuaded
therefrom. Sixty houses at Nice are totter-
ing and ready to fall. Some wells in the
vicinity have dried up while others in
creased in volume.
At Mentone $50 houses were rendered I'M
inhabitable. Several fires occurred, but
were speedily extinguished. Military guards
are on duty to prevent pillaging of the
wrecked houses. The field telegraph is
now working in many places. A bread
famine is expected, owing to the destruc-
ton of the ovens of the bakers. Miss
Chapilz, an American, was buried alive in
the ruins of the Villa Natal, but was res
cued unhurt. tits reported that at Bussana
a village of 800 inhabitants, successive
shocks leveled nearly every house. One
third of the people are said to be buried in
the ruins, and there is no hope of rescuing
them. Not one of the 106 communes in the
populous province of Porto Maurizio es
capped injury. The villages, built on ter
races on the sides of hills, are almost OBJ
liberated.
Oscillations of the earth from north to
south were felt throughout Switzerland
quite severely in the central and southern
portions. No loss of life is reported but
much damage was done to property.
The city of Nice was thronged with visit
ors attending the recent carnival. Among
them was the Prince of Wales. No life was
X
toria was very anxious, and the British
government requested him to come back tC
England to allay the public fear. FifteeI
thousand persons have left Nice and started
for Paris. The son of Albert n. Hathaway
the American consul at Nice, was seriously
injured.
Dispatches from Genoa say the populact
slept out-of-doors Thursday night. Many
persons went on board the ships in the har
Dor and 10000 fled from the city by rail A
a house near Dano Marine ball was pro-
ceeding when the shock came. The build
ing was completely wrecked and terribl,
loss of life resulted. The dancers lay deat
in heaps upon the ground. Many of tn,
houses destroyed had large tanks under
meath them which were filled with new
olive oil intended for expectation to France
and Germany A party of soldiers Will,
exploring the ruins found Judge Ross
lying beneath mass of debris. He was
still alive. While the men were trying tC
eXtrcate him beam fell, killing the Judge
and wounding one of the soldiers.
Flammerion and other astronomers pre-
diet further earthquakes, but say that the
disturbance will probably be less severe. In
the department of Var the walls of houses
and churches were cracked. No lives were
lost. At Nice and Cannes the panic is sub
siding and all the inhabitants who hav,
been camping out are returning to theil
homes. Thursdays shock destroyed the
Nice The hotels in Paris are crowded will
fugitives from the Riviera. Many reached
the city but partially dressed, and Others
without luggage. A number of ladies ar,
suffering from illness caused by fright dur
ing the earthquake.
Monte Carlo, it is found, suffered less
from the effects of the shocks of Wednes
day than any of the other places affected
Scientists say this is due to the fact tina
Monte Carlo is built on rock. The hotel
in Monte Carlo are crowded to the utmos
limit of their capacity. Three hundred
communes were visited by the earthquake
and as yet reports of the casualties hav,
been received from but sixty. An enormou
influx of fugitives from the Riviera has in
vaded Marselles. All the hotels and lodg
ing-houses in the city are crowded. Eigh
thousand persons arrived there on Thurs
day and Friday.
The seismoscope set up in the physica
laboratory at the United States signal ofiic,
in Washington was disturbed by an
accurately recorded at 1888 A. NJ, 10
meridian time, February 90, the arrival a
that point of the recent earthquake that OF
CURED in France and Italy. A rough cal
culation gives about five hundred miles pc
hour as the velocity of transmission.
A slight earthquake shock was felt il
Charleston, S. c., and vicinity Saturday
but no harm was done.
AT Diano-Marino a child of ~ years an
HtT ldlHtT were tAITltdltu from Illt utDIl
when the latter expired upon the spot TIL
survivors at Diano-Marino say that a IN;
jorty of the victims were killed by the SCI
ond shock, the people having re-entere
their houses to procure clothing The SUI
of $4,000 has been found in the ruins Their
Signor Genala, minister of public work
has visited Bajardo, and attended the fun
raj of 230 victims of the church COLLAPSE
San Reno is deserted. There were 1903 pc
sons killed and 100 injured in that tow
Bodies wrapped in shrouds lie in the midd
of the streets. AT Bussana only a churc
steeple remains standing. The soldier
there are still searching the ruins. The
have rescued u persons, all OF whom al
more or less injured. A woman sufferir
from paralysis at the Grand Hotel Mon
Carlo, and who had been for long tin
unable to move, jumped from her bed
alright when she felt the shock and "a
down several flights of stairs. The damaI
to property at Mentone is estimated at tw
million dollars. In one city half milliC
dollars worth of olive oil was destroyed.
Now, general, you're posted; come! give
your views.
In brush at the front, what's the powd
to use?"
He winked at a star as he puffed a cigar,
And slowly replied, "In brush at Tie fro
never use powder, but-SOIODONT."